Jul
02

Windows 7 and WPF 4.0 Multitouch: Inertia

WPF 4.0′s manipulation events certainly made things easier to write an application that supports multitouch gestures. After you start playing with these gestures, however, you’ve found yourself disappointed. You want more. There’s something missing. It’s just not like it used to be. “It’s not you, Manipulation events,” you say. “No…it’s me.” But then? A spark! … Continue reading »

Apr
25

Windows 7 and WPF 4.0 Multitouch: Manipulation

In a recent post, I showed you how to react to touch events in WPF 4.0. You can use that to implement the showcase multitouch gestures: scaling, rotating, and translation. It’s not too hard. Really, I’ve done it. Just dust off your geometry and trigonometry hats and get to it. Are you done yet? No? … Continue reading »